Espy faces two Democratic primary challengers on March 10, while Hyde-Smith is uncontested in the Republican primary
Election
Hyde-Smith kicks off 2020 campaign with show of force
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Senator was joined at event at state Republican Party headquarters by fellow Sen. Roger Wicker of Tupelo and multiple state officials including former Gov. Haley Barbour
The Other Side Podcast
Ep. 82: 2020 Hyde-Smith vs. Espy rematch could bring contention, national appeal to Mississippi
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Mississippi Today political reporters discuss the 2020 Senate election which could again feature Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith and Democrat Mike Espy.
Government
How Mississippi, where chicken is a multi-billion dollar business, repeatedly balked at getting tougher on illegal immigration
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State leaders applauded recent federal immigration raids in Mississippi. But in the past decade several measures to toughen state immigration laws have failed to get traction in the Legislature. One reason: the powerful poultry industry
Election 2019
Be a geofence: The story behind the technology that millennial-led Mississippi Votes uses to help more young Mississippians vote
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Mississippi Votes may be the first organization in the state to use geofencing, technology used to create a geographic boundary, for a general get-out-the-vote campaign.
Education
Delta-based programs get $2.7 million to help youths get GED, vocational job training
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Grants will help organizations in Clarksdale, Greenville, and Yazoo City train and educate high school dropouts
Mississippi Republicans, longtime staunch Trump wall supporters, praise government reopening without border funding
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Many Washington Republicans previously insisted that any deal should include money to toughen the U.S.-Mexico border
Rematch in 2020? Espy files statement of candidacy to challenge Hyde-Smith
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All candidates interested in the 2020 race will have to qualify on the state level as the election date nears.
Team Cindy: ‘Grossly unfair’ media coverage fueled the big Hyde-Smith victory they expected all along
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Senator’s 8-point win decisive, despite what backers call unfair coverage of hanging comment by national and local media.
Election
Cindy Hyde-Smith defeats Mike Espy in Senate runoff, becomes state’s first woman elected to Congress
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Hyde-Smith defeated challenger Democrat Mike Espy by a comfortable margin Tuesday night
Ed groups weigh in on how Espy, Hyde-Smith can help schools
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Most decisions that impact schools are made on the local level but Congress plays a role in funding and oversight.
Senate Runoff 2018
Podcast Ep. 28: Politicos break down Senate debate between Cindy Hyde-Smith, Mike Espy
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Republican strategist Austin Barbour and Democratic strategist Brandon Jones discuss how Tuesday’s debate might affect the outcome of the Nov. 27 runoff.
Politics
Cindy Hyde-Smith blasted for ‘public hanging’ comments; she calls criticism ‘ridiculous’
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A spokesman for Mike Espy, who faces the senator in an upcoming runoff election, called her comments reprehensible
Cindy Hyde-Smith and GOP, needing help from ‘Chris McDaniel Country,’ get good news
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Republicans breathed a heavy sigh of relief when a chief rival of U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith offered his support
Why Cindy Hyde-Smith, Mississippi’s first congresswoman, is running from history
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In part two of our profile, the junior senator dishes on being a lifelong conservative, her vote in the 2008 Democratic primary and supporting equal pay
Election
Cindy Hyde-Smith is her own woman — she just doesn’t want anyone to know it
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In exclusive interviews with Mississippi Today, the senator dishes on her loyalty to Trump, locking horns with Chris McDaniel and why she wouldn’t have mocked Kavanaugh’s accuser